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In the midst of increasing uncertainty over the strategic direction of the United States, President Donald J. Trump added a new wrinkle when he announced that Washington would be withdrawing from the Paris climate accord that was signed by over 190 nations in 2015. Predictably, international and domestic reaction was swift and vocal. European leaders…

After the Philippines, the United States has also softened its approach to China while the rest remains silent. Ever since the United States announced its “pivot to Asia,” many have characterized the region as the scene of another Cold War rivalry, with China replacing the Soviet Union as the main contender for the United States.…

As the 2017 Korean crisis shows no signs of de-escalating, fears of the Korean War resuming continue to grow. On April 28, North Korea conducted a failed missile test only a day after President Donald Trump warned about the possibility of a “major, major conflict” on the peninsula over the North’s nuclear program. The test’s…

North Korea seems obsessed with building missiles that can threaten the U.S. homeland—and showing off its developments to the world. But the bigger story seems simple: why are we still so shocked? To be clear, anytime a rogue regime does something like displaying increasingly advanced long-range missiles we should be concerned. And North Korea is…

A squadron of warships from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) will join the nuclear powered aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), and its carrier strike group to patrol the Sea of Japan (or East China Sea) off the east coast of the Korean peninsula as North Korea prepares to explode its sixth nuclear…

WOULD A Chinese leader barely in control of his own country after a long civil war dare attack a superpower that had crushed Japan to end World War II five years earlier by dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? As American troops pushed North Korean forces toward the Chinese border in 1950, Gen. Douglas…

A U.S. Air Force bomber conducted training missions with Japanese and South Korean fighter jets this week. Demonstrating the United States’ unremitting defense commitments in East Asia, a United States Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer heavy strategic bomber has conducted training missions with Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-15J Eagles fighter jets and Republic of…